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Crowds continued to fill the exhibition halls at Photonics West. Exhibitors were unanimous in their satisfaction with visitor traffic, and attendees with the overwhelming variety of products and technologies on display. Many exhibiting companies had emerging markets as their targets, in particular the biomedical arenas. Other markets seen as presenting new opportunities were solar and the military. At a marketing seminar, panelists mostly presented an optimistic portrait of the photonics industry. While some cautioned against over optimism, citing the current economic troubles, others...Read full article

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    Published: January 2008
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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